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SPECIALTIES TAKEN
UP IN WALL STREET
U. S. Steel Only Stock to Rise as
Much as One Point During
the Morning
fly Alstociatid Prut
New York, May 1. —Specialties were
again taken up at the opening of to
day's market to the neglect of the
railway list and other seasoned issues.
Westlnghouse, which furnished the
sensation of the previous day by rea
son of its strength and activity, rose a
point at the outset, while Pressed
Steel Car, Baldwin Locomotive and
half a Josen other stocks of this
clasß rose 1 to 3 points. Among the!
actual leaders U. S. Steel was the
only stock to rise as much as a point.
Metal shares were mostly lower.
Trading was very active but mainly
of a professional character.
SEW YORK STOCKS
New York, May 1.
Open. High. Low. Clos.
Airal Cop . <6% 7u% 75% 76
Am Bt Sug 49',4 49 "4 48 % 48%
Am Can .. 43'/* 43% 42% 43
Am C& F. 58 58'4 57 57%
Am Ice Sec 35 85 34 % 34%
Am Loco . 60 60 '4 58% 58%
Am Smelt . 73% 73% 72% 73
Am Sugar .111 111 111 111
Anaconda . 36% 36% 36% 36%
Atcljison .. 102% 103% 102% 102%
B&- O 77% 77% 77% 77%
Beth Steel. 143% 143% 141 141
Bklyn RT.
fan Pacific 166 166 165 165%
Cent Leath 39% 41% 39% 40%
C&O 45% 46% 45% 46%
CM& St P 95% 95% 95% 95%
C ('on Cop, 46% 46 % 46% 46%
Col P & I. 32% 32% 32% 32%
Corn Prod . 15 15 15 15
Dist Sec .. 15% 15%
Erie 28% 28% 28% 28%
Erie Ist pfd 44% 44% 44 44%
Gen E Co.. 161% 161% 160 160
Goodrh BF 52 52% 51% 51%
Gt Nor pfd 37% 37% 36% 36%
In-Met ... 23% 23% 22% 22 V*
In-Met pfd 72% 72% 71% 71%
KC So .., 26% .... .... 26%
Mex Petro. 89 89 85 86%
M, K&T. . 13% 13%
Mo Pae .. 14% 15% 14% 15%
Nat Lead.. 69% 70 68% 69
Nev C C .. 16 16 15% 15%
N Y Cent.. 88 88 87% 88
NY.NH& H 67% 67% 67 67
Nor & W.. 105% 105%
P R R ... 10»(4 109%
Pgh Coal . 23% 23%
Press S Car 58% 59 56% 56%
R C Cop.. 24% 24%
Reading .. 151% 151% 150% 151
R1 & S .. 31% 31% 30% 30%
So Pacific.. 92% 92% 92% 92%
So Railway 18% 18% 18% 18%
Tenn Cop.. 34% 34%
Cnion Pac. 131 % 132 131% 131%
1" S Rubber 70% 70% 69% 69%
I* S Steel. 58% 59% 58% 59%
V S S pfd. 109% 109%
I'tah fop.. 67% 68% 67% 68%
Ya C C .. 32% 32% 3 2 32%
West I" Tel 68% 68 % 68% 68%
West Mfg.. 107 107 103% 103%
PHILADELPHIA PROUI'CE
By Associated rre.i.t
Philadelphia. May 1. Wheat
Firm: No. 2, r<>d, car lot*, export. $1.50
Co 1.62; N'n. 1, Northern, Duluth, export,
$1.70® 1.73.
Corn Market steady; No. 2. spot,
export. 78® 79c; No. 2, yellow, local.
84®8«%r.
Oats—Firm: No. 2, white, 6319 63 %e._
Rr#li*S— tftrnty; winter, per ton,'
$;;u.00: Spring, per ton, $26.50® 27.00. j
Refined Sugars Firm: pow
dered. 6.10 c; line granulated, 6.00 c; con
fectioners' A, 5.90 c.
Butter The market is steady;
western, creamery, extras, 81c; nearby,
prints, fancy, 34c.
Eggs The market is steady;
Pennsylvania and other nearby firsts,
free cases, $6.00 per case; do.,
current receipts, free cases, $5.85 per
rase; western, extras, firsts, free cases, I
$6.00 per case; do., firsts, free cases,
$5 8 5 per case.
Live Poultry Firm; fowls. 17® I
17c; old roosters, 12@12%c; chickens,
]3®lßc; turkeys. 13@16c; ducks. 13#
15c; geese, 10@llc.
Dressed Poultry Firm; fresh kill
ed fowls, fancy. 18®l9c: do., aver- i
»ge, 16(n 1 17c; do., unattractive. 14®16c;
old roosters, 13%cr froien fowls, 16®
JSc; roasting: chickens, 17#20c; broil
Ing chickens, 22®27c: turkeys, 18®
22c; ducks, 12®18c: geese, I2®lec.
Potatoes Market steady; Penn
sylvania, per bushel, 50®52c; Maine,
per bushel, 50® 62c; New York, per
bushel, 43®40c; Florida, per barrel,
$3,500 5.00.
Flour Market firm; winter,
rle«r v t3.BoffiM.lt): JtraU'Mtn. Penri- 1
vania, $7.00®7.60; spring, straights,
$7.25®7.60; do., patents, $7.50®8.50;
western. $4.25®4.40; patents, $4.50®
4.75; Kansas straights, jute sacks, $4 15
Iff 4.SO; spring, firsts, clear, $4.00@4.20;
straights, $4 20® 4.30; patents, $4.35®
4.60.
Hay The market is firm; tim
othy. No. 1. large bales, $19.00® 19.50;
No. 1, medium bales, $18.50®19.00; No.
2. do., $17.00® 18.00; No. 3, $15.00®
16.00; sample, $14.00® 15.00.
Clover mixed hay: Light mixed.
$18.50® 19.00: No. 1, do., $17.50® 18.00;
No. 2. $15.50® 16.50.
Too Late for Classification
DIED
his son. R. A. Zimmerman. No. 206
South street, Adam ('. Zimmerman,
aged 87 years. 2 months and 3 day*.
Brief services will be held at his late
residence. 206 South street, on Monday,
May 3. at 8 P. M. Funeral services at
Fetterhoff Church, near Fishervllle, on
Tuesday. 10 A. M. Relatives and
friends are invited to attend without
further notice.
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE Is hereby given that on the
26th day of April. 1915, the Harrjsburg
Savings and Loan Association, ot Har
risburg. Pennsylvania, (lied in the Court
of Common Plens of Dauphin County,
its petition praying for a Decree of
Dissolution, and that a hearing upon
said application for dissolution lias
been fixed by said Court for Monday.
June 7, 1915, at 10.00 A. M., when and
where all persons interested may at
tend and show rause against the grant
ing of the prayer of the said peti
tioner If they so desire.
"No. 855, June Term, 1915."
PAUL A. KI'NKF.L
Solicitor for Petitioner.
PUBLICITY RUN
Free Tire and Tubs Repairs
WO WILL repair without charge any MIIJLKR TIRE, and
the tube therein, cut through or hlown out; or any MIL
LER TUBE punctured or blowrt out In any tire, during
Run on May 10, 11 and 12th, 1015.
Sterling Auto Tire Co.
The VULCANIZERS
1451 Zarker St. Harrisburg, Pa.
DISTRIBUTORS VXD Mil ICD TIPFQ
ADJUSTERS OF IWILLEK. lIIVLO
SATURDAY EVENING,. i HARRISBURG TELEGRAPH MAY 1, 1915,
Separated, but Sues Husband to Take Out Big Insurance
t
New York, May 1.-—Mrs. Isabella Brulatour has started suit to com
pel her husband, Jules Brulatour, an Importer, to take out $65,000 life in
surance in her favor. She alleges they separated and he agreed to pay her
$2,000 a year and to take out the insurance. He denies the promise to in
sure himself in her favor.
I Musty Old Book Tells of City's
Trials With Paxton Creek in 1792
J Whole Town Aroused When Fever Began to Wipe Out
;! Population; Blamed Disease on Dam; Finally
I; Bought and Destroyed It; Collected Four Shil
■l lings Six Pence "to Pay For Whisky on Great and
;• Glorious Occasion"
• W.%V.V.%V.V.-.%V-V.-A%VWA-.VW.%W^P.-.W-".W.%W.S
That the problem of keeping germ
ridden Paxton creek in check as far
back as 1 792 was one of lively con
cern Is disclosed by a hook, recently
unearthed, which shows that after
one hundred persons had . died from
fevers, rising from its polluted
waters, public spirited citizens sub
scribed 2,600 pounds ($13,000) to
eradicate the trouble.
It. has only been within the last
three years that the matter has been
satisfactorily adjusted by concreting
the b£d of the stream.
The book containing the original
minutes of mass meetings held from
1 792 to 1795 tells of the trials and
tribulations which a committee un
derwent before it succeeded in pur
chasing the old mill dam,
which waa believed to be the main
stamping grounds of germs.
The book was purchased by J. Kla
wansky, 123 Cranberry street, during
a sale at the Broad street market.
Where it came from or In whose
hands it was during the last century,
he does not know.
It appears, according to the book,
that during the year 1792 the bor
ough of Ilarrisburg was afflicted with
a fever of violent character, closely
resembling yellow fever. The town
then had a population of about 800
persons and when more than 12 per
cent, were wiped out, a movement
was started to destroy a mill dam In
the lower end owned by Peter and
Abram Landis.
At a big mass meeting it was unani
mously agreed that £2,600 be as
sessed on property holders for the
purchase of the dam and mill. After
wards a number of residents sub
scribed several hundred dollars apart
frornvjjiis sum. William Crabbe,
MajdHgwiney, Thomas Gregg, Ru-
John Maclay and John
Peiffer were among the heaviest con
tributors.
Forefathers of some of_Harrisburg's
most distinguished residents were
among those who subscribed large
amounts to make the city cleaner and
healthier back in the old days.
Those who contributed amounts
ranging from S7O to $l5O included
Jacob Awl, Adam Boyd, Alexander
Berryhlll. James Beatty, J.imes Dun
can, Joshua Elder, Thomas Foster,
Moses Gilmore, John Hamilton.
George Hoyer, Christian Kunkle.
John Luther and a Mr. Gailbraith.
More than 100 others donated money.
Wanted to Tear Ont Dam
Finally, In 1796. £1,600 of the re
quired amount was raised. This had
been agreed on for the first payment,
but when the money was tendered to
Peter Landis, he refused it. an
nouncing that the price had soared to
£3,300. Young bloods in the crowd
suggested overpowering and
ripping out the breast of the (lam.
Saner counsel prevailed and they were
restrained.
.Messrs, Gilmore, Potta, Berryhill.
Kean, Bucher, Graydon and Dentzell
were then commissioned to devise
ways and means of abating the nuis
ance. Finally, the mill, two pieces
of land, houses, dam and machinery
were purchased for £2.638 pounds,
four shillings and six pence/ The
payments were made in three annual
installments.
It is interesting to find that some'
citizens, who refused to contribute to
the fund.- were obliged to leave the
town. No violence was offered, but
none of them was able to secure a
job.
Un April 18 the inhabitants of the
city proceeded in a body to the mill
dam and hired four persons to open
a gap in the face of the dam twelve
feet wide.
This was done and the workmen
were given four dollars. After they
had completed their labors, the hat
was passed, and, as the book quaintly
phrases It, "collected four shillings
and six pence to pay for whisky to
use on this great and glorious occa
sion!"
Notice was then sent out that the
Courthouse bell would be rung on
Saturday as a signal for assembling
the residents to complete the. demoli
tion of the dam.
The book contains all the original,
minutes and complete report of the
money and notes subscribed. It is
written in ink on heavy rag paper
and is in excellent state of preserva
tion.
The mill site, with the privileges
of a dam and millrace, was originally
purchased from John Harris, Jr., by
the Landis people.
PUMPING OUT A I.ARB
[From the Chicago Journal.]
When a lake interferes with modern
industrial progress, the lake must be
abolished, according to a precedent es
tablished regarding Kerr Lake, near
Cobalt, Ontario, which is no longer in
existence. Tt has been pumped dry be
cause it stood in the way of the min
ing of a vein of silver extending under
it. This vein was so rich that the min
ing company decided that it was worth
the expense of pumping the. lake dry.
The pumping operations were unusaul.
It required four big centrifugal
pumps, which were placed on scows
floated on the surface of the lake. These
pumps were large enough to permit the
passage of solid matter up to four
inches in diameter. The water was
conveyed through pipes to another
lake about half a mile away. The
pumping .operations required thirty
eight working days of ten hours each,
with the pumps bringing up water at
the rate of 6,000 gallons a minute. The
lake covered about thirty acres and
contained more than 4,000,000 gallons
of water. ,
PHILADELPHIA STOCKS
By Associated Press
Philadelphia. May 1. Stocks closed
steady.
Cambria Steel 49%
i General Asphalt 27
| General Asphalt. Pfd 66%
: Lake Superior Corporation s
Lehigh Navigation 74
Valley 71 %
Pennsylvania Railroad 54%
j Philadelphia Klectrlc 24%
I Phlladelohia Company 38%
' Philadelphia Company, Pfd 34
! Philadelphia Rapid Transit .... 9%
I Reading 75%
| Storage Battery R3%
11'nion Traction ...' 35
United Gas Improvement 48%
United States Steel 53%
CHICAGO CATTLE
W.v Associated Press
Chicago. 111., May 1. Hogs Re
ceipts. 11.000; slow. Bulk of sales, S7.SO
j ff 7.70: light, <7.40® 7.80; mixed, $7.40®
7.80; heavy. rough, s7.lo®i
17.25; pigs, $5.2507.10.
Cattle Receipts, 2,000; steady. Na
tive beef steers, $6.15@8.75; western
steers. $5.60®7.40; cows and heifers,
, $3.100 8.50: calves. $6.00®8.75.
Sheep Receipts, 2,000; stead},
i Sheep. lambs. $8.25W10.75. i
CHICAGO nOAIID OF TRADE
By Associated Press
i Chicago, 111., May I.—Board of Trade
I closing:
Wheat—May, 1.62%: July. 1.37.
j Corn—May, 77%; July, 80%.
; Oats —May, 56: July, 55%.
' Pork—July, 18.25; September, 18.70.
I Tj<rd—July, 10.42: September, 10.65.
j Ribs—July, 10.67; September, 10.95.
RWK CLEARINGS DECREASE
April bank clearings were $7,043.-
1C4.35. According to the Itarrlsburg
Clearing House Association, they were
; $372,373.53 below the same month last
i year.
! Society does not exist for Itself.
Ibut for the individual; and man
goes into it, not to lose, hut to
And himself. —Phillips Brooks.
More Beautiful Than Ever
BELLEVUE PARK
"The Garden Spot of Harrisburg'
Bellevue Park is more beautiful now than it If you haven't kept pace with the past year's
has ever been. Its natural beauty has been en- building operations in Bellevue Park, the many
hanced by the erection of many homes which dot handsome homes will prove a pleasant surprise to
the landscape and give a charming community ap- you. More than ever, you will want to live in
pearance to the Park. Bellevue Park.
Do Not Confuse Bellevu
Usual Lot P
Bellevue Park is different. It offers something more tangi- Nowhere in Harrisburg does a home site have a more prom
ble than promised development. ising outlook. Grading work is being vigorously con
ducted on Market street beyond 21st street. Curbing
Improvements are already there—City Water, Gas, Elec- . , . ,
tricity, Sewers. Telephones, Trolley Facilities these 15 alread y on the S ro "" d Preparatory to paving Mai
with schools and churches close by. offer the Bellevue ket strcet to 21st - The ma,n entrance to Reservoir
Park resident the same advantages that are to be en- Park at 21st and Market streets is nearing completion,
joyed anywhere in Harrisburg. New homes are being started in Bellevue Park, and
Home sites in Bellevue Park cost less. In no desirable sec- others are being planned,
tion of the city can you purchase ground at as low prices . . . ....
per front foot. Spacious lots and reasonable building There 18 act,vlt y on all Mdeß ~ a "»vity along lines that
restrictions insure fresh air, light and desirable sur- means values. A home in Bellevue Park is
roundings on all sides for all time. more than a home —it's an investment.
Would You Escape the #
Bother of Building?
Then see the beautiful new homes erected for JB''
sale by the Investors' Realty Company. There
hat are usually found only in the
_ - )
Let us take you by auto to Bellevue Park and show you these homes and some of the beautiful
sites available. Phone Bell 1595 for appointment—no obligation on your part—and the trip will be of
mutual pleasure. Or, if you prefer, take Reservoir Park car direct to Bellevue Park—2lst and Market
Streets. You couldn't choose a more delightful spot for your Sunday afternoon stroll.
REPRESENTATIVES ALWAYS ON THE GROUND
Miller Brothers & Co.
Sale M Agents for Bellevue Park
Federal Square B, '! s « onc Harrisburg, Pa.
DISTANCES SAVED BY PANAMA
CANAL
From Colon, on the Atlantic side of
the Isthmus of Panama, to Balboa, on
the Pacific side, the dlstahce by water
around South America Is 10.500 nautical
miles: through the canal that distance
is less than forty-four miles. The dif
ference In length of these routes, 10,456
miles, represents the maximum dis
tance that can be saved to a vesel by
use of the canal.
New York, for instance. Is nearer to
San Francisco, through the use of the
canal, by 7,873 nautical miles. The
distance of 13,135 miles by Magellan
has been reduced to 5,262 miles by the
canal. The water distance between thees
ports is two-fifths what it used to be.
Compared In terms of the overland
route between these cities, it is about
as If a man who wished to travel from
New York to San Francisco were
magically transported in an Instant to
Denver. Colo., there to begin his rail
road trip. Three-fifths of the way
would be saved before he started.
SAIMNG THE SEVEN SEAS
"The seven seas" is a phrase which
greets the eye on many a page. "Sailing
the seven seas," "Mistress of the seven
seas." etc., are phrases so often en
countered that several scholarly men
WOMAN CIRCLES GLOBE TO WIN
$5,000 BET FOR JACK LONDON
New York. May I.—ln 1911, Jack offered to wager $5,000
that a woman could work her way around the world an well as a man. His
friend* scoffed at the Idea »nd finally the wager was made, the author
taking the end that Mrs. Hilda Gilbert, who lived/near him In California,
rode "bad" horses and defied many other supposed limitations of her sex,
could do It. Now no longer Mrs. Gilbert, but the Countess Svlvalno, she is
back in New York. She already is widowed by the baron. She hobnobbed
with a Zulu chief and made such a hit with him that she can always enter
his harem. She was entertained by an Indian rajah. She marled the Count
Pierre Svlvalno when he protected her when a man tried to tear her mask
off in a Paris restaurant. She left him to contliiue her trip and w£en sha
( arrivod here received word he was dead.
have sought to trace the origin of the
reference. The quest seems not to have
resulted satisfactorily, and the matter
remains in dispute. One of the inter
esting features brought out by the con
troversy Is that, as employed many
centuries ago, "the seven seas" did not
Include eitner the Atlantic or Pacific
ocean, but referred to the Arabian Sea,
the Persian Sea. the Red Sea, the Cas
pian Sea. the Black Sea, the Mediter
ranean Sea and the Adriatic Sea.
MAN BURIED IX QUICKSAND
KEPT ALIVE I'NTII< SAVED
In the course of digging a well shaft
on his property near .Ware, Mass., a
farmer encountered quicksand at a
depth of approximately 25 feet be
neath the surface of the ground, and
sank in It until his head alone waa
visible when his predicament was
finally discovered. Every possible
agency was called upon to assist in
the rescue work, the fire department
included, but despite this he was
burled for more than 24 hours before
he could be taken from his precarious
position. A picture in the May Popu
lar Mechanics Magazine shows how
the rescue was finally effected.
REO TRUCK WITH D
The above cut represents the two-ton hydraulic Reo truck sold to tin
HlghA-ay Department of tile City of Harrlsburg by the Harrisburgr AutomoblH
Company. The body of this truck Is so constructed that It will haul Its full
capacity of street sweeping or any material and then can be arranged to
haul aVii tons of asphalt and dump it either on a pile or spread it. The body 1*
sheet steel to which is atached the latest type hydraulic hoist made. In the
past week the truck was thoroughly tried out hauling tons of sand and river
coal loaded from the flats in the water, up the river banks at the loading
wharfs at Division. Broad and Market streets. The power was also demon
strated by backing its load up a platform to the top of the coal pile on tha
corner of Broad and Front streets and then dumping the load.
IERCKMI ( SO?S^CE F CO. PLANT
A GOOD INVESTMENT
Only $9,000 of tlx* authorized $50,000 Capital Stock of
the Merchants Ice Company remains for sale. Will lx
sold at par ($10) In 10-»hare lots. limited holding, lAO
shares. Similar companies In Reading and A lien town arc
paying 8 per cent. I letter give tbo matter quick considera
tion. For fall information commit
George £. Hewitt
202 Calder Building
Try Telegrapk Want Ads.